Formation of project competencies at two-level University education of students in the direction of “Library and information activities”

Abstract

The article considers the structural and content aspect of University education for bachelors and masters of library and information activities in the field of project management and socio-cultural design. The article presents the universal, General professional and professional project competences formed at different levels of higher industry education, which are provided by the current Federal state educational standards and official projects of approximate basic educational programs. the basic indicators of their achievement are indicated. Characterized taught at the Moscow state Institute of culture bibliotekovedenie profile of the discipline “Project workshop” (BA) “Theory and methodology of socio-cultural design with the participation of the library” (master): objectified perspective and range of educational tasks allocated to the competence generated and designated indicators of evidence of their development. “Project workshop” is focused on the formation of the project culture of future bachelors of library and information activities, taking into account the current trends of socio-cultural design and the capabilities of libraries. The main types of contact work with students are practical classes, including individualized small groups. A large place is given to extracurricular independent work on the material of the training course. The master's course “Theory and methodology of socio-cultural design with the participation of the library” is aimed at further development of students' fundamental and applied aspects of project knowledge. The study of educational material by undergraduates is carried out through an optimal combination of problem lectures and thematic discussion seminars, which allow to give a coherent system of scientific knowledge in the discipline, to form a scientific approach to the students' project activities of libraries. An important place in the process of studying the course is occupied by group and individualized tasks in the framework of classroom and extracurricular (including field) practical classes, as well as active independent search activity of students. It is concluded that there is sufficient educational and methodological base for the formation of students in the framework of two-level training complex project competencies that allow effective professional activities, logical continuity of special project training of students studying in the bachelor's and master's degree in the direction of “Library and information activities”.